NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M295X
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
VS
AMD Radeon R9 M295X

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon R9 M295X. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

590
Place in performance rating
248
14.78
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Tesla 2.0
Architecture
GCN 3
GT200
Code name
Amethyst
Desktop
Type
Laptop
16 June 2008 (13 years ago)
Release date
16 October 2014 (7 years ago)
$449
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$112 (0.2x MSRP)
Price now
no data
1.07
Value for money
no data
GT200
GPU code name
Tonga
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon R9 M295X based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
2048
576 MHz
Core clock speed
723 MHz
1,400 million
Transistor count
5,000 million
65 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
182 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
250 Watt
36.9 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
92.54
476.9 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,961 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
192
CUDA cores
no data
192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1,400 million
Number of transistors
5,000 million
182 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
250 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon R9 M295X.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
Length
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2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
no data
Laptop size
large
+
SLI options
no data
no data
Bus support
PCIe 3.0
4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Height
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon R9 M295X can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
Not Listed
896 MB
Maximum RAM amount
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448 Bit
Memory bus width
no data
999 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
111.9 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
160.0 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon R9 M295X, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVIHDTV
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
Multi monitor support
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
S/PDIF
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon R9 M295X is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
no data
+
CUDA
no data
no data
AppAcceleration
-
no data
FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
no data
PowerTune
+
no data
TrueAudio
-
no data
ZeroCore
+
no data
Enduro
-
no data
DualGraphics
1
no data
Switchable graphics
1

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon R9 M295X. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
Not Listed
2.1
OpenGL
4.4
no data
Shader Model
6.3
no data
OpenCL
Not Listed
no data
Mantle
+

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 and AMD Radeon R9 M295X graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon R9 M295X good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
AMD Radeon R9 M295X
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
AMD Radeon R9 M295X
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
AMD Radeon R9 M295X
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
AMD Radeon R9 M295X
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
AMD Radeon R9 M295X
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Less power consumption (182 Watt vs 250 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 M295X

18.16% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2048 vs 192)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 65 nm)

More memory bandwidth (160.0 GB/s vs 111.9 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon R9 M295X?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 M295X .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 versus AMD Radeon R9 M295X performance benchmarks comparison

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